A Study of Seismic Risk near Pipeline Corridors in Northwestern Canada and Eastern Alaska

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Stevens, A. E., Milne, W. G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1974
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Yukon; Northwest Territories; Canada; Fort McPherson; Mackenzie Valley; Arctic Red River; Old Crow; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e74-013; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e74-013

Seismic risk in the Yukon Territory and adjacent areas of the western Northwest Territories and eastern Alaska is evaluated from locations and magnitudes of earthquakes in northern Canada and Alaska from 1899 to 1970. Contour maps illustrate strain release and also predicted accelerations on firm so...